"The future is as bright as
your faith”
-Thomas S. Monson
When
I say Greenwich is a "small" town I don't really mean it was a small
town, but compared to many of the cities around me Greenwich, where I spent
most of my life was a SMALL town. One of the things I loved about living in
small town was that you got to know people pretty fast. We had one high school
so you were bound to end up in the same place. That sometimes had its
downsides, but it taught me a lot of things. Growing up I had a couple of good
friends that I would consider like family. We all lived down the street from
each other and did just about everything with each other. When I was preparing
to go on my mission. My friends had a lot of questions about what I was going
to do for the next 18 months of my life. Since most of them were not members of
the church it was a foreign idea that I would just pick up my things and
go.
I
remember one day my friend and I went out on a walk. We attempted to go on a
"run" but those always failed because we just ended up talking the
whole time. One of the other things that I love the most about where I grew up
was how close I was to the water. It was definitely not the Mediterranean Sea
or anything, but it worked. We walked to the docks and sat down and continued
to talk. We talked about how long and short 18 months was going to be. What was
going to happen? As time goes by we tend to ask ourselves that question a lot.
Where am I going to be in a year from now? Where am I going to be 5 years from
now? Who am I still going to be friends with? What job will I have? What kind
of trials will I go through?
I
love President Monson's simple phrase “your future is as bright as your
faith" It reminds me that although looking ahead is a good thing that
there really is no other way of knowing until I act. It wasn't doing any good
talking about what the next 18 months of my life until I actually did
something. I had all the control in the world. Of course God already had a plan
for me, but I ultimately had to choose my own path. I think in life we tend to
wait for the big
moments to change or to act. We wait until the last minute to plan or
we wait on other people to make decisions for us. One of the biggest things I
have been working on being on my mission is having more faith. When I have faith
I tend to look at the bigger picture. My outlook expands when I gain more
faith and I don't wait and dream what will happen, but I trust the Lord and
make things happen. I know that God lives and that he has this amazing plan
for us on earth. I know that when we act on that faith we gain more of a glimpse on our specific plan of earth.
Do your part and God will do his :)
